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May, 2008 Newsletter
Welcome to Scor-it News, a monthly eNewsletter from the makers of Scor-it Boards and the Scor-it Mini.
Our New Website has launched! Visit often (www.scorit.com) and feel free to provide us with your feedback on any of the many areas of information we've been working hard on to provide you with new and different crafting inspiration! info@scorit.com
 In the Spotlight: Michael Jacobs
Michael Jacobs is a multi-talented artist, author, teacher, and fan of the Scor-it Board. Michael says the Scorit board is his "all-time favorite papercraft tool. Period." And we don't pay him to say so!
 We love Michael’s enthusiasm for the Scor-it Board and the many inventive ways he teaches people to use it. His projects prove that the Scor-it Board enhances creativity. Get out the scrapbook paper, cardstock, and embellishments and let him take you somewhere new and exciting!
Check out cards and books made by Michael in the Scor-it Gallery and visit his web site, www.thecreativezone.com to view projects and read descriptions of over 30 classes he teaches throughout the US and Canada.
You Asked, We Answer
Q - What’s the difference between the Scor-It Board and other scoring tools?
A - This is one of our favorite questions. The Scor-it Board is the ONLY scoring tool on the market that allows consumers to make professional-quality hinge score lines, just like printers provide when they do machine scoring. Hinge score lines crease, but do not break or damage the fibers in paper, card stock and chipboard up to 24 pt. - whether you score with or against the grain! The difference is easy to see. The Scor-it brochure, available on our website in the Learning Center, goes into more detail about the importance of a quality score.
Q - Could you compare the 12” Board with the Mini?
A - Both boards are quite popular and we’re discovering that many people want both. Those who make cards and smaller projects favor the Mini for its portability and small size. Those who want to score decorative embossed borders, create journaling lines on 12” scrapbook pages or make larger cards and accordion books like the original 12” Scor-it Board.
Q - How should I store the Scor-it Board when I’m not using it?
A - Stand the board upright, like a book. It will take very little space on a shelf, less than two inches. Or store it in a tote bag or box like that in which scrapbook papers are kept. Check out our new Mini Tote bag. One creative friend stores hers in a plastic zipper bag that she’s attached to a skirt hanger!
Fun Ideas
Saying 'Thank You' just got easier. Handmade Thank You cards speak volumes. There is no faster or easier way to make them than with the Scor-it Board, and are a great way to get accustomed to using the board. Some of the endless ideas for making cards using Scor-it include:
• Thank You for the gift: Graduation, wedding, anniversary and other occasions.
• Thank You for your thoughts, prayers, sympathy: After an illness or loss.
• Thank You for my present: Help children create their own Thank You cards. It’s a lifetime habit with rich rewards for both sender and recipients.
• Thank You for your business, your friendship, for dinner, etc.: Score, fold and stamp instant Thank You cards to give to customers, hosts, friends who have helped with a bake sale, etc.
Press
Look for a new webisode on TVWeekly.com in June. Tricia Morris will be demonstratig the Scor-it Mini.
Read the article titled "Scor-it, Explore It" by Tim Hammonds in the May issue of Scrapbooking.com (on newsstands now). Accompanying the article is Anne Gibson’s Puppy Party featuring Movable Parts’ die cut puppies. Projects include postcard style invitations, gift tags, and place cards that are sure to please dog lovers of all ages and tail-waggers of any breed.
Did You Know?
Here's a great ten-minute project, just right for Father’s Day, as a teacher gift, for anywhere in the home.
Embossed lines give you great curves. Not THAT kind of curves. We’re talking about curved paper.
Remember how you made a pencil holder from a tin can when you were in grade school? For an upscale grown-up version, use the scoring tool to create a series of parallel embossed lines on a piece of heavy cardstock (measured at intervals or randomly spaced). Highlight the ridges with gold ink and wrap around the jar.
The embossed lines encourage the cardstock to form a smooth curve.
Add matching or contrasting cardstock bands, ribbon or trim at the top and bottom so the can is not visible. Embellish with chipboard monograms, paper flowers, or other dimensional items of interest. Larger tins can hold dried flowers, bills and correspondence, rulers and other tools.
Great Finds!
Teresa Collins’s scrapbook papers, Dream Kuts and the Bind-It-All go together like milk and cookies - lots of cookies. It’s a genius idea: She has designed papers to match the cutting and binding system, ready to be sliced into quarters or into twelve pieces and made into mini-books and albums. The links are www.teresacollinsdesigns.com and www.binditall.com
Another project to enjoy in the May issue of Scrapbooking.com is the Embellished Photo Pouch by Cher B. Lashley. The link is http://scrapbooking.com/article/41033
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